Kinda random I know, but I like that building and I wanted to test out my new cameraphone.

__________________"Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small, that we can never get away from the sprawl.
Living in the sprawl the dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains and there's no end in sight." -Arcade Fire

did anyone meet up with famous forumers Brandon & MikeToronto? I heard that they were in town.

__________________There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know. -Donald RumsfeldDidn't you notice on the plane when you started talking, eventually I started reading the vomit bag?

The Olympus is good... makes me feel like an amateur photographer when in reality I'm a total newb. It's one of the cheapest mirror-less SLRs out there so it's pretty basic. Focusing takes over a second in many instances so it isn't the quickest thing... If you're trying to capture fast-moving events you'll need luck on your side.
-Video is HD but sadly its just 720p and recording time is limited to 2GB (why?) which amounts to about 7 mins of footage.

__________________There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know. -Donald RumsfeldDidn't you notice on the plane when you started talking, eventually I started reading the vomit bag?

See the building to the left of the picture entitled 'Back at the Forks'? I think the last time I was actually in downtown London that building was being built. It's only 3-4 years old, am I correct? Is it somewhat near the Eldon House? (sp?)

London needs a mini "skyline" park at that location (Wharn/Commish). Reroute/bury the atrocious power lines so we can get a decent shot of the skyline, dammit. Makes us look too much like K-W, where every skyline shot is dominated by power pylons.

__________________There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know. -Donald RumsfeldDidn't you notice on the plane when you started talking, eventually I started reading the vomit bag?

London needs a mini "skyline" park at that location (Wharn/Commish). Reroute/bury the atrocious power lines so we can get a decent shot of the skyline, dammit. Makes us look too much like K-W, where every skyline shot is dominated by power pylons.

Am I the only person in the world who's actually fond of overhead power lines?

By the way bolognium, love that first shot of the city from Byron. My favourite skyline shots tend to be the ones of the skyline rising above the trees. I'll have to make my way out there once exams are done.

And even though I'm 20 days late to the party, I also have to give flar a shout-out for his Wortley Village photo tour. I've always liked that area, perfect mix of density and walkability with a pseudo-small-town feel. If London's transit system wasn't completely disjointed and retarded, I would have rented a place around there- but alas, the roommates' requirement of a direct bus route to the University trumped my desire to live somewhere interesting.

Wow those street lights look horrible. You only see those at drive-in theatres and abandoned gas stations nowadays lol

Those streetlights were still standing between Ridout and Talbot Streets, in front of the Bell building (!), as late as 1992. The posts were still there until the JLC was built, but the lights themselves had been changed to the more typical-looking sodium vapour type before that.

By the way bolognium, love that first shot of the city from Byron. My favourite skyline shots tend to be the ones of the skyline rising above the trees. I'll have to make my way out there once exams are done.

Yeah, it's definitely a nice view.

Here's one I took the other night. You can see the same three buildings on the left of that awesome '60s picture haljackey posted. And for the record, those street lights are fuckin' cool - everything about that picture is cool.